Folks from the central Gulf coast to the Keys be alert

[Cheezoholic]

With focus on Fiona mother nature pulls her favorite trick of misdirection. The system in the western Carib is entering an area weather nerds call the Cat 5 generator around the western tip of Cuba. a lot of us on weather boards have been watching this sneaky system for a week while focus was on Fiona. The NHC classified it as a depression with forecast to a major basically as soon as it was classified. This could be a quick hitter catching the public by surprise. Please get your info from the NHC and not theses youtube crackpots. There's potential for this one to be a Tampa Bay pusher which well is the most vulnerable area in the Gulf for a northern pushing strengthening major storm in the far eastern GOM..

[SheltieLover]

1. Stay safe, All!

Ty for sharing!

[Deuxcents]

2. Same path as Charley in 2004

We all thought that one was going into Tampa but..hit us here in Lee County on Friday the 13th. One to remember!

[Joinfortmill]

3. Oh boy.

[Deuxcents]

4. Yeah..2004 had 4 hurricanes..

Charley,Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. Then in 2005, we had Wilma at 183 mph. That one didn’t want to leave and was the most destructive to my house. Ya never can tell w/ Mother Nature. I hope this one coming is a quick one in n out.

[lark]

5. It was not a hurricane when it hit here in Jax, but it did have winds up to 75 mph.

It is scary being in a 75 mph storm when you live in an old growth oak forest. We've had 5 trees taken down, but have 2 that are damaged and dangerous. We couldn't afford to get them taken down this year, 2 others were far worse and 2 trees had to be severely pruned. These are very large Laurel Oaks. I just pray the storm doesn't hit us hard because we aren't totally safe until we get those trees removed. Jacksonville is probably the safest place in FL to live near the coast, so we do have history on our side.